The Chronicle of Michael the Great (The Edessa-Aleppo Syriac Codex)

The Chronicle of Michael the Great (The Edessa-Aleppo Syriac Codex)

The Chronicle of Michael the Great (The Edessa-Aleppo Syriac Codex)

Amir Harrak

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Gorgias Press
Año de edición:
2019
ISBN:
9781463240318

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Michael the Great was elected patriarch of the Syriac Orthodox church in a most instable period. He nevertheless, found time, clarity of mind, and determination to write a voluminous world chronicle, which he completed four years before he died in November 7, 1199. The present edition and its translation begin with Book XV and end with Book XXI, the last Book in the Chronicle, thereby covering more than 160 years, from AD 1031 to AD 1195. 3

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